Ralph LeRoy Milliken Museum collectionMILLIKEN.001.CaTurCSU
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Ralph LeRoy Milliken Museum collection
source:
Milliken, Ralph LeRoy
source:
Los Banos' Milliken Museum
Identifier/Call Number: MILLIKEN.001.CaTurCSU
Physical Description:
5 Boxes
Date (inclusive): after 1900
Language of Material:
English
.
This collection is comprised of facsimiles from the Ralph Leroy Milliken Museum in Los Banos. The collection was created
in the 1970s to accommodate history students at Stanislaus State. Included is an index and some biographical information.
Milliken conducted oral histories of established persons in the Los Banos area in the early 1900s.
The collection is contained In 5 boxes, well-organized, and labeled.
Collection is open for research.
See detailed finding aid written in 1979 by archivist, Sandralea Watson: https://libdig.csustan.edu/milliken/Ralph_Milliken_collection_finding_aid_1979.pdf
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Banos (Calif.)
Oral histories
Milliken, Ralph LeRoy
Los Banos' Milliken Museum
box 1 of 5
Series 1, Milliken collection
Physical Description: 1 BoxesFinding aid
F1: 193-205, correspondence files; subject, Frank F. Latta
F1: 206-208, correspondence files; subject, Hattie Safstrom
F1: 229-237, Los Banos history interviews
box 2 of 5
Series 2, Milliken collection
Physical Description: 1 BoxesF1: 238-247, Los Banos history interviews
F1: 271-273, manuscripts, Sonora Alta Garcia Higuera de Barcelon Y. Alvarado reminiscences, 1966
F1: 277, manuscripts, autobiography of H.A. Salau, 1874-1931
F1: 291, manuscripts, South Dakota, 1962-1963
F1: 300, research materials, San Juan history, volumes 1-4
box 3 of 5
Series 3, Milliken collection
Physical Description: 1 BoxesF1: 300, research materials, San Juan history, volumes 6-8
F1: 303, research materials, Miller and Lux records, Du Maneoson Canal Farm irrigation, 1876
F1: 304, research materials, Miller and Lux records, shopping lists, 1875
F1: 305, research materials, Miller and Lux records, letters, 1872-75
F1: 306, research materials, Miller and Lux records, letters, bills, and receipts, 1869-75
F1: 307, research materials, Miller and Lux records
F1: 308-309, research materials, Miller and Lux records, letters, bills, and receipts, 1869-76
F1: 310-313, research materials, Miller and Lux records, letters, bills, and receipts, 1869-76
F1: 314, memorabilia, Miller and Lux bills, receipts and receipts, 1916
F1: 315, research materials, Miller and Lux records, letters, bills, and receipts, 1916
F1: 316, research materials, Miller and Lux records, volume 3
F1: 317, research materials, Miller and Lux records, letters, bills, and receipts, 1869-75
F1: 318, research materials, Miller and Lux records, letters, bills, and receipts, 1869-76
F1: 322, research materials, Miller and Lux records, volumes 1-3
F1: 322, Milliken memorabilia, San Joaquin and Kings River Canal and Irrigation Company files, 1918
F1: 325, research materials, Los Banos history sources
F1: 326, research materials, "Reminiscences of Los Banos at the turn of the century," 1893-1906
F1: 327, research materials, notes of Los Banos by E.M. Parker, 1947
F1: 328, research materials, miscellaneous research, May Day
box 4 of 5
Series 4, Milliken collection
Physical Description: 1 BoxesF1: 329, cemeteries, burial grounds of Los Banos
F1: 330, notes, local cemeteries
F1: 331, research materials, Los Banos Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star
F1: 335, research materials, Lawrence Lee's notes on Henry Miller
F1: 336, research materials, Lawrence Lee's notes on Henry Miller and canal
F1: 337, research materials, talks on building the canal by Orrin Summon
F1: 338, research materials, Jim Snyder, "Miller and Lux, the development of water law in California," 1966
F1: 339, research materials, W.D. Lawrence, "Henry Miller in the San Joaquin Valley," 1933
F1: 340, Los Banos Chamber of Commerce records on the Pacheco road, "The Yosemite to the sea, Good Roads Association," 1913-1917
F1: 341-342, research materials, Volta school house, 1897
F1: 343, research materials, notes for Dos Palos history, 1960s
F1: 344, research materials, sourced for the history of Dos Palos
F1: 345, research materials, story of Santa Rita
F1: 348, research materials, San Luis Gonzaga grant
F1: 349, research materials, San Luis Gonzaga grant, a report by Charlotte McBride, 1956
F1: 350, research materials, notes on the San Luis camp adobe home
F1: 354, research materials, justice court records, Merced county, 1894-95
F1: 372, speeches, 1950-1967
F1: 374, articles, William W. Wood, "The Wood family and the early days"
F1: 566, manuscripts, reminiscences of William W. Wood and Chester W. Wood, 1928-35
box 5 of 5
Series 5, Milliken collection
Physical Description: 1 BoxesMerced Express index:
Los Banos history, 1875-1879, 1883-1885, 1886-1888, 1889, 1890-1891
Name index, A-Z